Cash Peters is one of the funniest persons on radio today. You may have heard his interviews on Marketplace (from NPR) or on BBC's Five Live. I thought it'd be interesting to interview Peters regarding the World Cup or what team he supports (he is English, after all). Here's his hilarious response (see below). For […]

The Sun newspaper from England is streaming the World Cup matches live via Internet audio (including the current Australia versus Brazil match). Just click on the link below: The Sun newspaper (England)

Maybe it is the Group of Death after all? With the US's ugly but valiant draw against Italy, all four teams in Group E now go into the final match with a chance to make it through to the next round. The Americans finally showed the passion they were severely lacking in the Czech match. […]

Ghana 2 – 0 Czech Republic in the 86th minute. Could this be the first shock upset of the World Cup?

It's the 33rd minute of the Czech Republic against Ghana match, and the Africans are deservedly one nil in the lead. There's alot of time to go in the match, but this bodes well so far for the US. Note that we're still waiting to see a shock upset in this World Cup. Could this […]

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Bruce Arena lacks the options he had in 2002 to shake up the team The embarrassing performance of the USA in the World Cup opener on Monday would be enough force most coaches to seek asylum in some foreign nation instead of returning home after the competition with the team. But in Bruce Arena's case […]

Greetings fellow bloggers. In the coming weeks I will be visiting the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg for leisure and hope to bring you all some local flavor from the World Cup. I cant promise much more than that, but certainly hope to entertain you with stories of rowdy pubs and the orange army of fans […]

1. Want to win a free copy of the World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 video game for PS2 or XBOX? Go ahead and download a free copy of the EPL Talk Magazine, and enter the trivia contest that's mentioned in the issue. So far, no one has answered the questions correctly this week, so you […]

Phew! Theo Walcott was five minutes away from starting for England in their next match. If Sweden hadn't scored in the 85th minute to beat Paraguay 1-0, the result of Tuesday's England v Sweden match would have been meaningless for England, and Walcott would have been certain to play. Now both England and Sweden can […]

England made it through to the second round of the World Cup by their skin of their teeth, after a tense win against Trinidad and Tobago. The addition of Aaron Lennon and Wayne Rooney was the difference for England, after they entered the game around the 56th minute. Instantaneously, the England team as a whole […]

By The Scout Spain – Carles Puyol The 28 year-old defender is the captain and inspirational leader for his club team FC Barcelona. For the Spanish national team, Puyol also plays a big leadership role. Having come up through the ranks at the Catalan club, Puyol achieved a dream this season by winning both La […]

By The Scout Brazil – Lucio As the focus is always on the ultra-skilled attacking players of the Brazilian side, their defense rarely gets talked about. Lucio (his full name is Lucimar Ferreira da Silva) is Brazil's best defender and one of the world's greatest stoppers. He plays his club football for Bayern Munich and […]